She could feel that thing trying its best to avoid her, afraid of being discovered by it.
but……
Everything is in her hands, how can she still not find it?
"Open it and take a look."
Chi Zao handed the rosewood box to Long Er.
Long Er put on his gloves, put them on the ground, touched the lock, and asked the housekeeper: "Is there a key?"
The housekeeper shook his head: "It's more than ten years old, and the key is long gone."
"Okay, then I'll just pry it open."
Long Er took out a folding knife, found the gap in the rosewood box, and pried it hard.
The rusty lock clicked.
The rosewood box was opened.
The construction team's lights immediately illuminated the contents inside.
A piece of rotten peach wood and two talismans.
Apart from that, there is nothing.
Chi Zao paused for a moment, his eyes cold.
These things have nothing to do with the house gate barrier.
If it was relevant, the system should immediately pop up to remind her to complete the task...
Something is wrong.
Chi Zao once again set his sights on the five-meter deep pit.
The workers have stopped digging and have all left.
The original foundation of the deep pit has been cleared, revealing the full picture of the wet land...
There is no such thing as a 'house gate barrier'.
"Master Xie, could it be that this box..."
Lu Yanjun saw Chi Zao frowning more and more, thinking that there was something really wrong with the rosewood box, and his heart couldn't help but rise in his throat.
"no."
Chi Zao closed the rosewood and glanced coldly at the pit: "It's still inside."
Lu Yanjun and others looked surprised.
Doesn’t this mean we have to continue digging?
Chi Zao didn't say to continue digging, but walked back to the pit and walked around the pit step by step.
Everyone at the edge of the pit looked confused.
But they didn't dare to disturb Chi Zao, they all waited with bated breath.
Finally, Chi Zao stopped and stepped back several meters, then called Long Er to dig at the position where she had just stood.
Dig to the third time.
Qiang——
The shovel seemed to have struck some metal.
Long Er's hand felt numb. The entire shovel weighed as much as a hundred pounds and he couldn't lift it no matter how hard he lifted it.
He used so much force that his face turned red, and he glanced at Chi Zao for help.
Chi Zao saw that the shovel in his hand was tightly entangled by the tentacles formed by the green-to-black energy. It was strange that he could move at all!
Chen Chuchu exclaimed: "Sister Yincha, that thing is here again!"
Chi Zao's eyes flashed, and he quickly stepped forward, pressed Long's second-hand shovel, and pried it up. A cylindrical object the size of a palm was shoveled up.
The strong and weird aura continues to spread outwards!
"bite!"
"Reminder from Hades: Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission 'House Gate Barrier'! You will be rewarded with a 'rusty nail'."
Chi Zao: "???"
Do you call such a big thing a gate barrier? Or a nail?
Er Er jumped out and reminded: "Host, host, this thing is what we just mentioned before, the magic weapon that reaches the yin and yang!"
"That's it?"
Chi Hao poked the thing twice with the shovel and asked Long Er to get water to rinse the thing clean, and then he saw the original appearance of the cylinder.
It’s actually just a piece of wood!
However, there are countless nails on the wood.
Densely nailed on top.
Because it is rusty and wrapped in mud, the whole thing is constantly exuding a green-to-black aura.
This... where is a nail?
The corner of Chi Zao's mouth twitched slightly, and she could clearly feel that she was still unwilling to find that rusty nail, so she kept raising suspicions over and over again...
Chen Chuchu kept away from it, with a look of annoyance and a bit of fear on her face, urging Chi Zao: "Sister Yincha, put it away quickly! It's too uncomfortable for ghosts!"
Chi Zao: "..."
You have to find the nail first.
She asked Er Er: "Didn't you say it was my reward? How come it can still avoid me?"
Er Er said: "But it is also afraid of you! Host, don't worry and go forward boldly. As long as you take action, you will definitely find it!"
Chi Zao: "..."
It should be said or not.
Er Er sometimes feels really confident about her.
At first glance, there are at least hundreds of nails on this wood, and they are all the same shape. They are rusty, and there is no difference at all.
"What is this?"
Long Er couldn't help but feel his scalp numb after seeing it: "Who would bury this under the foundation of the house?"
Chi Zao didn't answer.
She bent down and reached out to the wood covered with nails.
Just like the system said, all the breath is receding.
He picked it up and turned it around, and found that only one nail was shaking...
right.
That's right.
It's not an illusion.
Indeed... shivering.
Chi Zao raised his eyebrows slightly, pinched the head of the nail, and pulled it out of the wood with almost no effort at all.
"Rusty nails?"
Chi Zao whispered these five words.
The nail lying in her palm shivered and shook again, as if in response, and then stopped moving.
"Thank you Master, it's almost o'clock."
Long Er reminded in a low voice and glanced at the people standing by the pit.
Chi Zao narrowed his eyes, put away the nail, and asked Long Er to pick up the wood.
When Lu Yanjun, Lu Zheheng and others saw this piece of wood, they subconsciously stepped back and looked a little ugly.
"Master Xie, is this the culprit that caused the change in the villa's magnetic field?"
Lu Zheheng stared at Long's second-hand piece of wood with a low tone.
"yes."
Chi Zao casually took out two more talismans and pasted them on them. He did a complete trick and said to them: "Take them and burn them as soon as possible."
When Lu Yanjun heard this, he immediately asked the housekeeper to build a stove on the spot, threw the wooden pile in, and started a fire.
"What kind of evil thing is that?"
Lu Zheheng's expression changed again and again, as if he had thought of something, and asked Chi Zao eagerly: "Master Xie, is this kind of thing always harming people if it has been buried underground for so long?"
Chi Zao glanced at him and knew what he wanted to know.
I'm afraid that Jian You's death is related to the rusty nail.
but……
"No. I said before that the magnetic field of your villa has changed and has the tendency to turn into a ghost house. It's just a trend, not something that has already been formed. It can't harm anyone. This thing is at best a promoter."
Its greatest ability is not to kill people, but to trap Jian You's soul while preventing other ghosts from entering the villa.
The principle is that you have to solve the problem before asking the system.
"Fifth brother, please stop thinking so wildly."
Lu Yanjun also knew the purpose of Lu Zheheng's question, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "I think you haven't slept well, so go back to sleep first. I'll keep an eye on you here."
With that said, he looked at Chi Zao again and asked: "Master Xie, it's almost time. Should we prepare for the groundbreaking ceremony?"